If the airline were to wet-lease a LOT Dreamliner, the plane would fly on the Helsinki / New York route. A final decision on what airplane will fill the gap, "has not been made," according to Finnair spokeswoman Laura Varja. She added that a wet lease (in which the airline hires both the plane and the crew) would be for a time period of between one-and-a half to three weeks.

Friday, November 22, 2013

On the one side you have Emirates under its new "Hello Tomorrow" slogan sending out a gleeful announcement of its commitment to American jobs. On the other side you have some of those U.S. workers, namely pilots, blasting Emirates, its supportive government and the United States as well for creating a staggering imbalance that the Air Line Pilots Association claims will cost American jobs.

Thursday, November 14, 2013

When an aviation geek says, “Let’s go somewhere where we can
watch airplanes take off all day”, and the non aviation geek partner says,
“Yeah, let’s do that”, the couple is probably headed to the Hangar Hotel at
Gillespie County Airport in Fredricksburg, Texas.

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Were times simpler in the sixties, or was there something unique about
Joseph Sutter that allowed him to do what airplane makers can’t
seem to accomplish now? We can speculate but Sutter, one of
the creative engineering minds behind the Boeing 747 gets the credit for taking
what was then the world’s largest passenger jet from concept to flight in just 29 months.